because per father is an gmt and she watches what people do while driving cars and watches a lot of law and order on tv. we have another hour of news. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead right now at 6:00, power failures plague in india for the second day in a row, leaving more than half a billion people in the dark. plus, a highly controversial abortion bill in the district comes up for a vote. we have details. mitt romney wraps up one has been called a rocky overseas campaign. he has a speech in poland coming up in a few minutes. and more questions about callista taxes arising. good morning, washington. i am steve chenevey. glad to be with you on this tuesday morning. adam caskey has the forecast. simmering, but not exactly where

we wanted it. -- some rain. >> locally we will get a few downpours here and there across the metro area, especially along and west of the blue ridge. 73 now in arlington, 68 la plata. on our way to 86 for the high temperature with widely separated thundershowers and a few downpours. that will last into tonight and tomorrow. now lisa baden. >> more traffic starting to hit the road. we go to newschopper 7, looking at northbound 95 traffic alert from woodbrige, northbound approaching the tanks. everything is open to get to the occoquan. open to newington and open to the beltway. now back to news. >> on the hill today lawmakers in the house are said to vote on a bill banning abortions in the district after 20 weeks of pregnancy. it has been criticized by some of the nation's top leaders.

jummy olabanji is live on capitol hill with details. >>we will check in with her in a few minutes. the bill was written to apply to only women in d.c. because those who wrote the bill don't want to attract national attention. eleanor holmes norton has said that she is against this bill. we will have more on this with jummy olabanji in a couple minutes. amazon oppose the abortion ban set to take effect on other day after a federal judge ruled the new law is constitutional. -- arizona's abortion ban set to take effect. abortion-rights groups will appeal. more power problems in india as officials say the no. eastern and now northeastern power grids have all failed. that is leaving 600 million people without electricity, more

than the entire population of north america. if it's the second power collapse in two days in india. if there's a total blackout in delhi which has halted metro service. they are trying to evacuate train passengers. 400 million people lost power on monday when the northern power grid failed. close to home, and earthquake shook louisa virginia, this morning, 2.4 magnitude happening before 1:00 a.m. louisa county was the epicenter of last year's 5.8 quake that hit about a year ago, damaging 1000 homes and permanently closing two schools. in the district, a busy night for police. one man dead, several more sites, including two juveniles police. are searching for the gunman. john gonzalez is at police headquarters with more on the violet-eyed in. the-- in the district.

>> talking about three separate shootings in the city, all within an hour. unfortunately, we have a homicide to report early this morning. the violence started just after 11:00 last night on alabama avenue in southeast d.c. an adult male and a 16-year-old boy boats out in the leg. our cameras captured one of the victims being treated at the scene. 20 minutes later and does blocks away, a juvenile was shot in the back. he is expected to survive. detectives collected shell casings on naylor road. then last and 30 minutes later an adult male was shot in the back on brooks streets. no motives for these shootings and no arrests. that man did not live. they have no reason to believe the shootings are connected. john gonzalez reporting. >> investigators in d.c. and

arlington trying to determine if two reason to restore robberies are connected. the first cabin john 9 on f street nw. their last friday at capital jewelers on columbia pike in arlington. the owner of that store ended up dead. surveillance camera pictures from both crime scenes to show a similar looking suspect wearing a similar hat and fluorescent vast. >> something we don't want to release to the public yet, but the suspect description released in the videos are similar. >> police are checking with other law-enforcement agents in the region to see if there have been other similar problems. the latest on a tragic shooting in a four year-old boy in woodbridge, virginia. prince william county police have searched his home for any signs of abuse or neglect. but left empty-handed. four-year-old kyrell mcneill

climbed into a family member's truck, found a handgun, and accidentally shot and killed themself. police are continuing to investigate. turning to the presidential campaign trail, mitt romney insists that he will release just two years of tax returns. he is under fire from both parties to release more. in an exclusive interview, abc news asked him if he ever paid less than 13.9%. >> i am not calculated that. i'm not going to go back and look, but my view is i've paid all the taxes required by law. from time to time i have been audited. >> of our come mitt romney has released his 2010 returns and released hisfor 2011. republicans going after the people of supported barack obama in 2008, many of them women with new ads telling them it's ok to make a change. one of them describes the

buyer's remorse that some voters feel about president obama. another features a woman saying she had supported the president because he spoke so beautifully but has still deliver on his promises. the gop strategy is to coax obama supporters without criticizing the choice they made a four years ago. president obama creasing to raise cash. the told supporters at a new york fund-raiser that theif the election took place now, he would win. the democrats need a substantial amount of cash to launch a counter-attack. democrats are moving to include support for same-sex marriage in the party opposes official platform. the party's platform drafting committee approved the language on the weekend. delegates will vote to formally approve the move during the democratic national convention in september in charlotte. this comes as a group of black pastors is set to launch a campaign against president obama's supported marriage. the council of african-american

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featuring a teaching kitchen warehouse loading space, 13 loading docks, 100,000 square feet of space. the new center is needed to combat a growing hunger crisis in the d.c. area. the food bank is the main supplier for more than 700 pantries and nonprofits that all help the needy. pepco is giving itself high marks for howard responded to last month's deadly storm that left hundreds of thousands without power for days. in a self assessment, pepco says it responded aggressively to restore power and it moved more quickly than other utilities. company took the blame for glitches that affected service calls and its ability to tell customers when the lights would come back on. that's how they treated themselves. 6:00 hour right now. adam caskey has a look at our forecast. >> we have areas of rain over the eastern shore and lower part of the bay. nothing over southern maryland. it's of the northern neck did see about an inch last night, especially along the bay.

here is the express forecast today. 85 for the high temperature at 5:00 p.m., 40% chance of isolated down shorpours. here's the travel forecast. 102 in kansas city, 107 in oklahoma city. there is the heat in the midsection of the country. 91 degrees in raleigh. 91 in miami. we're not expecting any travel troubles. please stand by

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>> some of the clouds will look like they could ranid any time and they really can. we will have widely separated showers and a few downpours throughout the day. 86 degrees this afternoon for the high temperature. mid 90's tomorrow with the chance of a few downpours. now to lisa baden. >> it southbound 95, the ramp to powder mill road, on their way to check out a broken-down vehicles. and the outer loop at university boulevard has a stalled car. nothing out of the normal on 66 95 395.

>> the man accused of carrying out the colorado theater massacre could face the death penalty. he was charged with 24 counts of murder and 10616 counts of attempted murder if two counts for each person killed or injured. the maximum sentence is the death penalty. prosecutors have not decided if they will see that punishment. members of congress are hoping the colorado movie theater shouldn -- shooting will spur a change. dealers would have to report the sale of more than 1000 rounds to

unlicensed person. unlicensed buyers would be required to show photo id. >> when you buy a gun on the internet, you have to go to a store to pick up that gun. if if you are going to buy large amounts of ammunition, somebody should see your face. police say suspected movie theater gunman james holmes bought more than 6000 rounds of ammunition on line. mexican authorities say an armed man wearing a ski mask a robber two appeared as if showing the batman movie. the man went to ticket booths at two theaters near the u.s. border. no one was injured at and the shows went on as scheduled. there has been heightened security at movie theaters since the colorado shooting. in maryland, chief justice john roberts says the court may

reverse a case regarding collecting dna samples on arrests. thefederal investigators expected to release their report today on a deadly bus crash on interstate 95 last year in virginia. for your people died in the crash, dozens more injured when the bus overturned 30 miles north of richmond. the driver is expected to face trial on involuntary manslaughter charges later this year. if the national transportation safety board is expected to unveil safety recommendations. civil liberties advocates want to know what police are doing with the information gathered by automatic license plate readers. aclu chapters in 38 states and dcm teamed up to file requests for details on how long information is kept on file. authorities say the devices helped to fight crime and terrorism and but they're not being used to stockpile information on drivers.

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>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead at 6:30, police are searching for several gunmen after a violent night in the district. and injuries for the redskins. and a local rapper giving rg3 a new nickname that we will share coming up this half-hour. good morning, washington. it's tuesday, july 31. i am steve chenevey. we want to check your forecast on this tuesday. adam caskey. >> tracking the temperatures. right around 70 degrees to start the day. seven in germantown, 64th in strasbourg virginia. 68 la plata.

-- 70's in germantown. very slow moving storms with imbedded downpours here and there throughout the day. that's tonight and even into tomorrow as well. >> slow traffic on 66 in manassas, 95 out of woodbridge 270 coming out of frederick into montgomery county, but everything is moving. 395 northbound at duke street is slowing, but heavy volume. in maryland, southbound 270 out of frederick into montgomery county normally. moving normally out of gators -- out of gaithersburg and rockville. >> abortion in the district, a bill faces strong opposition from city leaders. jummy olabanji joins us with details.

>> it would ban all abortions after 20 weeks. those in support of the bill say after 20 weeks the fetus can feel pain. those in opposition including congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, says the bill is a direct attack on "roe v. wade" and that the bill has been written to apply to women in d.c., she believes, because those in support don't want to draw national attention. she says those who support this bill have chosen a for procedure that would minimize. for public minimize the bill will be brought to the house for under suspension of the rules, which limits debate on the issue to only 20 minutes per side and prevents all amendments to the bill. she says if the bill is passed, it will not just affect women in d.c. but women all over the country. eleanor holmes norton says, "this bill is the key element of a state-by-state campaign to undermine a woman's right to

choose and to overturn the law of the land." this bill has a lot of strong feelings on both sides. it will be on the house floor today for a vote. as soon as we get the information about the vote and the results, we will bring it to our viewers on air and online. jummy olabanji reporting. >> the washington post reports house speaker john boehner could announce an agreement on a temporary spending bill today. that would keep the government running for the first act of the next fiscal year which starts in october. the deal calls for agencies spending to rise in the first avenue year at a pace that would not exceed the $1 trillion limit that lawmakers agreed to last summer. new this morning, investigators searching for answers after a violent night in the district. police a one man was killed and three more wounded in overnight shootings. gonzales is live the d.c. police headquarters with the latest. this involved a juvenile as

well. >> at least two of them. it has been a busy morning for detectives at d.c. police headquarters. three separate shootings in the city within an hour. we have one homicide to report. the violence started shortly after 11:00 last night on alabama avenue in southeast d.c. an adult male and a 16-year-old boy both shot in the leg. one of the victims treated at the scene. 20 minutes after that and of the blocks away -- and a few blocks away, a juvenile saw in the back. 20 minutes after that, a third shooting on brooks street in northeast. an adult male in that case, pronounced dead at the hospital. no reason to believe these are connected. there's a look out for a burgundy vehicle connected to

the first shooting. john gonzalez reporting, abc 7 news. >> i don't know if you felt it but there was a two-point 4 magnitude quake that shook louisa, virginia. no reports of damage or injuries. the same area that was the epicenter of the earthquake last august which damaged 1000 homes and permanently closed two schools. in schools ocean city, maryland, police warning people about three attacks on women recently. sexual assaults started in late june and the most recent was sunday morning. they believe the suspect is prowling near popular nightclubs along a stretch of coastal highway between 15th street and 62nd street. anyone with information is asked to call police. authorities have recovered the bodies of an annandale man and his climbing partner from the peruvian mountains where they fell earlier this month. ben horn and his friend fell at

least 700 feet from an average after reaching the summit of the mountain earlier this month. their bodies were found over the weekend after a week-long search. one lawmaker pushing to bring casino style gambling to virginia now. if state senator luis lucas is working on a bill that would allow casinos in lexington and in her home city of portsmouth. those are the only two cities that would qualify because at least 40% of the property is tax-exempt./ virginia lmaryland lawmakers are heading back to annapolis to consider plans to expand gambling in the free state. governor o'malley called a special session that's a to begin on august 9. one plant under consideration would allow table games, and existing casinos and a new casino in prince george's county. a british teenager under arrest this morning accused of posting malicious tweets directed at the british olympic diver. 18-year-old british divers said he hoped to win a medal for

itself and for his dad died last year. after hishe and his teammates finished platform competition, somebody tweeted " you let your dad down, i hope you know that." the leading offensive messages is illegal in britain. the injury bug starting to bite at redskins park. and local rapper wale has weighed in on a nick

>> there are major injuries starting to hit the redskins a couple days into the training camp. the linebacker tore his a seal on july 28 named jonathan. he is out for the season. if cory lichtenstein is out until september 9. he is recovering from yesterday 's arthroscopic surgery to remove particles from his right knee. he tore the aclu in that same knee, but the coach says the ligaments are just fine. rapper wale turned up at training camp and got to meet with players and fans yesterday. robert griffin iii was a

big draw for him. >> rizzlerg thrizzle is my new nickname for him. >> that is the nickname he has given to rg3. let's get a look at our forecast would doug hill. >> good morning. a finala little rain on this final day of july. pretty good rainfall across the middle peninsula and northern neck hanging out for a while. some bricks of sunshine through the high clouds in laurel. we will see a pretty nice day. temperature is currently in the upper 60's and low 70's.

probably reaching 85 degrees locally today. 75 in washington right now. climbing to the low 80s by midday. 40% chance of scattered showers and storms. adamlisa baden is checking on the roads. >> we will check in with lisa baden in a couple minutes. right now 6:42. fans preparing to rally on behalf of the penn state football team, but one player is leaving. power problems are getting worse in india. we will tell you the latest on the multi-grid

>> 6:00 hour 44 right now.

-- 6:44. this is live video from poland where mitt romney is giving his foreign-policy speech at the university of warsaw. >> he reminded the world that there would be no justice in europe without an independent poland and he reminded the polish people long deprived of that independence from where they threw their source of strength. while he greeted the crowd along a fence, he met a little girl. he paused and asked her where is poland? the little girl was caught off guard and could not answer. she laughed nervously until the laughedpope put his hand over her heart and said "poland is here." >> we will check on stories from around the world as his speech continues. if the last top of his three-

nation tour. fighting continues in syria in the second largest city. the syrian military continues to pound rebel-held areas of aleppo. there have also been clashes in other parts of the city as the government offensive pushes on. rebel forces are reporting several victories in the surrounding countryside. hundreds of millions of people in india are without power for the second day in a row. three regions' power grids have failed leaving 600 million people without power double the population of the united states. checking news around the nation nearly 1000 people attended a vigil for 9-year-old boy in critical condition after his father shot and killed its seven-year-old sister if before committing suicide. authorities say that the man and his wife separated just weeks

before he opened fire at the family's home in massachusetts last saturday. open in statements begin today in the trial of a former illinois police officer charged with killing one of his ex- wife's. drew peterson is charged with killing kathleen savio in 2004. he was not charged until his fourth wife stacy peterson disappeared in 2007. the jurors have beencannot be told of any connection to that second wife. a man named david worked as a traveling medical technician and once worked at four maryland hospitals. he was arrested july 19 in massachusetts where he is still in jail. >> this is an eye opener for institutions across the u.s. in terms of considering carefully their narcotics security in

their hospitals or health care facilities. rex he was charged in federal court last week with stealing drugs from a hospital. he was working at a cardiology lab. other charges are likely. now the scandal at penn state where fans of the football team hopes to give the players a psychological boost today in the wake of the sex abuse scandal. supporters will hold a community rally this morning outside penn state's football building as the. team works the michael jackson's stated knowledge is its limited access to the home shared by the late singer's mother and children. it's still not clear which members of the dachshund family are no longer allowed at a home. if the statement was issued in response to an online reports said jackson poses siblings randy, janet, and germain have been blocked from visiting the home. there were there during a july 23 scuffle that is under investigation. doug hill is with us from

calvert county. you did have some rain to the south. >> it's trying to build back across the bay into southern maryland. there's a little sunshine and clouds and blue skies. a little more sunshine to the north and west. a thurmont of clouds in the metro area at the moment. there's rain on the eastern shore, some of the building back to the west. prince frederick and huntingtown, heavy showers building in between there. the satellite picture shows areas of showers moving among the great lakes. we cannot rule out some showers today, especially afternoon and thunderstorms. 75 expected in washington, off 69 degrees in fredericksburg. we will climb into the 80's. mid 80's for most of the area because of the east southeasterly wind.

there will be scattered showers and storms through the morning. let's get an update on the drive with lisa baden. >> a fresh look at 270 everything moving in our favor between frederick and montrose road. traffic heading away from us is southbound, moving just fine across the american legion bridge into virginia, typical back up on 66 in manassas. as well as 95 in springfield. 395 in landmark. metro rail is on normal service. back to news. >> vicki johnson of germantown, today's winner of four montgomery county fare tickets ride wristband and 20 from dollars to spend on food. sign up to be tomorrow's winner. share the contest with friends and get extra entries.

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may-treanor, next on g-mail. >> thanks very much. let's get a look at today's top stories. lawmakers could vote on the d.c. abortion bill today. jummy olabanji is live on the hill. >> good morning. that bill would stop any woman in d.c. from getting an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. those who support the bill say that it's necessary because data shows after 20 weeks, a fetus can feel pain. those who oppose the bill say it goes against "roe v. wade" and a woman's right to choose. the bill is scheduled to be voted on later on today on capitol hill. now to john gonzalez at d.c. police headquarters. >> police are investigating a violent night. three separate shootings. two in southeast and one of them in northeast. an adult male was shot and killed. two teenagers were wounded. one of them in the leg and the other in the back.

both expected to survive. police don't have a motive. police cannot believe they are connected. >> thanks so much. for more on both of these stores online and at noon. if this story has a happy ending. sometimes reality gets in the wake of the perfect plan. greg adams wanted to propose to his girlfriend erica, so he did the school board proposal. there is. where is she a? she is in line for beer. he waited for another moment. got it done and she said yes. hopefully, they celebrated with another beer. >> i cannot believe he did not make a stay. maybe he had 01one too many. -- one too many.

>> now to lisa baden. >> north on 395 between edsall road and the pentagon, slow traffic at duke street. now to adam caskey. >> a lot of the ballparks have you to speak with the person in charge just to make sure that you are serious about it and not doing it as a prank. i am not kidding. then you have to make a donation that goes to a charity. in the weather, 85 this afternoon for the high temperature with a few pop up under showers and embedded downpours here and there are today, tonight and tomorrow. mid 90's by the end of the weekend into the weekend. >> they had to know, because they knew where the guy was sitting and put the camera on him when the girl was not there. "gma" is next. thanks ♪ ♪ i've never felt this

way before, but it's a sca time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supupports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest.